Indonesia Executes 3 Catholics Over Muslim Deaths

PALU, Indonesia, SEPT. 21, 2006 (Zenit.org).- Three Catholics convicted of leading a mob that killed Muslims were executed by a police firing squad in Central Sulawesi province, officials said.

Fabianus Tibo, 60; Marinus Riwu, 48; and Dominggus da Silva, 42, were sentenced to death in 2001. They were found guilty of leading a mob in a 2000 attack that killed 200 people at an Islamic boarding school during Muslim-Christian clashes in Central Sulawesi's Poso region.

"It has been done ... the location was around the airport," a police official who declined to be identified told Reuters. The executions occurred today.

The trio had originally been scheduled to be shot in August. But the execution was postponed after demonstrations by thousands of Indonesians and an appeal from Benedict XVI.

Christian and human rights groups contended that Tibo and his friends were victims of an unfair trial.

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Three men sentenced to death denied last Sacraments in Indonesia

Please remember these men in your prayers. May they finally rest in peace.

2 posted on 09/21/2006 4:16:17 PM PDT by NYer ("That which is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbor. That is the whole Torah." Hillel)

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3 posted on 09/21/2006 4:23:30 PM PDT by Coleus (Roe v. Wade and Endangered Species Act both passed in 1973, Murder Babies/save trees, geese, algae)

Mohammedanism is the Antichrist. Khatami in the Washington Cathedral is in the running for the abomination of desolation designation.

More here.

6 posted on 09/21/2006 4:41:57 PM PDT by HighlyOpinionated (Do not say: "When I am free I will pursue wisdom." Perhaps you will never be free. The Talmud)

7 posted on 09/21/2006 4:50:09 PM PDT by Irish_Thatcherite (A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!|What if I lecture Americans about America?)

They met with him earlier, but he wasn't allowed to be present at their deaths or give them the Last Rites.

And so the persecution continues:

‘Serious’ threats made against 31 churches in Indonesia[Catholics and Protestants
Saudi Arabia arrests Eastern-rite Catholic priest for celebrating Mass
Catholic Priest Arrested and Expelled from Riyadh
Ramallah: Islamic violence targets Christians
Moslem Terror Chasing Out 1,000 Christian Arabs a Year

INDIA: VIOLENCE SCARS EASTER WEEK (Pastors beaten, churches vandalized by Hindu extremists)
GFA Urges Prayer as Hindu Extremists Intensify Anti-Christian Persecution
Persecution of Catholics still alive, oppression’s face fanatic, traditional
The community of Arab Christians is dwindling in the Holy Land
Christian martyr in 'European' Turkey

(Irish) Teen Killed Just for Being Catholic, Says Priest
Vatican Unease Over Islamic Countries
Priest stabbed in Turkey in third recent assault against Catholic clergy
Mother Teresa’s Sisters Are Hostage to Fanatic Hinduists
Discriminating Against Religion

India's bishops condemn deadly blasts in Mumbai
Priest abducted in Baghdad threatened and tortured
Salesian Priest, 70, Stabbed in Germany (by a Turk)
Muslim Militants Attack Catholic School in Kashmir
Murdered Nun Asked Forgivness for (Ismaofacist Scum) Killers As She Lay Dying

Indonesia Executes 3 Catholics Over Muslim Deaths

9 posted on 09/21/2006 5:20:36 PM PDT by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)

10 posted on 09/22/2006 9:01:41 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (There's a dwindling market for Marxist Homosexual Lunatic lies/wet dreams posing as news.)

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